Zagros Mountains

The uplands west of Saveh rise between the basins of Qom and Hamadan. Ridges divide the plateau into valleys where villages and fields occupy more sheltered ground, and seasonal streams drain towards the interior. Passes through this broken country connect the Darjazin plain with the roads leading east. The mountains form part of the great belt of Iranian highlands in which cultivated valleys lie between the drier plains and the higher, more exposed slopes.